Timetable display: grid, list, table, schedule overview, month, side-by-side

This page describes the shared timetable display in Omniscol. You find it in Timetable, in the Hours distribution screen when you switch to the timetables view, in the Visualize and Reorganize screens of Timetable management, and more broadly in the other screens that open a timetable calendar with the same display engine.

The same lessons can be read in several presentations without changing the displayed data: you change the display, not the timetable.

Switch the display

The transformation icons are attached to each displayed timetable. To reveal them, hover over the timetable's title: the title bar then shows the view transformation icons. Click the one you want:

• for the grid, for the list, for the table (restricted to administrators, on desktop);
• on an hourly schedule, swaps the days and the columns.

The title bar also carries the sharing and closing of the calendar. Since each timetable keeps its own display, with several stacked calendars you can read one as a list and another as a grid.

Three rendering modes for the same timetable

The first level of switching concerns the rendering of the same lessons.

Grid

The grid (Grid view) is the standard calendar view: days as columns, time slots or hours as rows, lessons placed in their cells. It is the reference view for reading a timetable week by week.

It is particularly useful for:

• spotting gaps, overlaps and day spans at a glance,
• visually comparing a class, a teacher or a room,
• editing or reviewing a timetable in a familiar time frame.

List

The list (List view) displays the lessons one below the other, in chronological order.

It is particularly useful for:

• quickly browsing a long period on a small screen,
• searching for a specific lesson with the filters,
• sequentially reviewing times, rooms and assignments.

Table

The table is a spreadsheet-style rendering of the current view. It is used to audit, print, copy the data to a spreadsheet or, depending on the screen, launch a file export directly. It is not the standard calendar view.

Depending on the context, it can reproduce:

• a days × time slots grid in a more tabular format,
• or one lesson per row when the source display is already a list.

It is particularly useful for:

• administrative checks,
• copy-pasting to spreadsheet software,
• direct export as PDF, CSV or Excel / XLSX when the screen offers it,
• row-by-row verification.

Time scope: week, day, month

The second level of switching concerns the displayed period.

• Week: the default view in most cases.
• Day: the same logic as the standard grid, but tightened to a single day to read a busy schedule in finer detail.
• Month: the long-range view. In calendar mode, the display takes the form of a monthly matrix grid; in table mode, you stay on a tabular rendering of the same content.

The Select days to display selector additionally lets you hide or show specific days in the relevant views.

Schedule overview

A schedule overview is composed from the filters menu: it juxtaposes several entities or several days in a single view, to reason about sets. Two variants, depending on the axis you want to read:

• Add a schedule overview (icon ) places one entity per row (class, teacher, room, subject) and each day's hours as columns — to compare several entities over the same day.
• Add hourly schedule (icon ) places the hours on a vertical axis (to time scale) and one column per entity and per day — to read occupancy and sequences on a true hourly scale. An button swaps the days and the columns when needed.

The schedule overview is used in particular to:

• display several entities side by side for the same day,
• display several days for one or more entities,
• read occupancy by month,
• check sequences, transitions or availability.

It complements the calendar grid and answers different questions: choose it to reason about sets of entities or days.

Side-by-side

The Split screen feature opens a side-by-side view: two to four timetables displayed next to each other, each keeping its own filters and its own display mode.

It is useful for:

• comparing two classes or two teachers,
• fitting in a shared lesson or a shared supervision duty,
• checking that a free time slot exists simultaneously on both sides.

What stays the same when you switch displays

Switching from one mode to another does not modify the lessons. You keep the same underlying data, with depending on the case:

• the same entity filters,
• the same selected period,
• the same visible conflicts or absences,
• the same print, export or share actions depending on the user's rights.